Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country  United Kingdom
Dates 28 July – 11 August
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Norway (2nd title)
Runner-up  Montenegro
Third place  Spain
Fourth place  South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches 38
Goals scored 1908 (50.21 per match)
Attendance 185,189 (4,873 per match)
Top scorer(s) Montenegro Katarina Bulatović
(53 goals)
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The women's handball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 11 August. The preliminaries and quarter-finals were held at the Copper Box and the semi-finals and final took place at the Basketball Arena.

Twelve nations were represented in the tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to a knockout round, while the 5th and 6th teams in each group were classified 9th–12th by the results of their group matches. Unlike in previous Olympics, there was no placement matches involving the losing teams of the quarterfinals.

Norway won the tournament and gold medal, beating Montenegro in the final. Montenegro's silver was the country's only medal at the 2012 Games. Spain won the bronze medal.

Qualification

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Great Britain
2010 European Championship 7–19 December 2010  Denmark
 Norway
1  Sweden
Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 2011 12–21 October 2011  China 1  South Korea
2011 Pan American Games 15–23 October 2011  Mexico 1  Brazil
2011 World Championship 2–18 December 2011  Brazil 1  Norway
2012 African Championship 11–20 January 2012  Morocco 1  Angola
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 25–27 May 2012  France 2  Montenegro
 France
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 25–27 May 2012  Spain 2  Spain
 Croatia
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 25–27 May 2012  Denmark 2  Russia
 Denmark
Total 12
Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.

Seeding

Before the draw the IHF seeded the teams in six pots. The draw for the groups was held on 30 May 2012.[1]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
 Norway Spain Denmark France Sweden Angola
 Montenegro Russia Croatia Great Britain Brazil South Korea

Group stage

Group A

A player down during a match between Angola and Great Britain.
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Brazil 5 4 0 1 137 122 +15 8
 Croatia 5 4 0 1 145 115 +30 8
 Russia 5 3 1 1 151 125 +26 7
 Montenegro 5 2 1 2 137 123 +14 5
 Angola 5 1 0 4 132 142 −10 2
 Great Britain 5 0 0 5 91 166 −75 0
Qualified for the quarterfinals
28 July 2012
09:30
Russia  30 – 27  Angola Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,604[2]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Postnova 5 (16–11) Guialo 5
  Report  

28 July 2012
14:30
Croatia  23 – 24  Brazil Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,942[3]
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Jovetić 6 (10–9) do Nascimento, Amorim 5
  Report   Red card

28 July 2012
19:30
Montenegro  31 – 19  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,941[4]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
A. Bulatović 5 (18–12) Gerbron 6
  Report  

30 July 2012
09:30
Angola  23 – 28  Croatia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,892[5]
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Guialo, M. Kiala 5 (11–13) Zebić 9
  Report  

30 July 2012
14:30
Great Britain  16 – 37  Russia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,596[6]
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Byl 5 (8–17) Turey, Chernoivanenko 5
  Report  

30 July 2012
19:30
Brazil  27 – 25  Montenegro Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,974[7]
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
do Nascimento 8 (15–16) K. Bulatović 5
  Red card Report   Red card

1 August 2012
11:15
Montenegro  30 – 25  Angola Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,354[8]
Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
Popović, K. Bulatović 6 (13–14) Carlos 7
  Report  

1 August 2012
16:15
Great Britain  17 – 30  Brazil Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,622[9]
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
Byl, Gerbron 5 (8–17) Rodrigues 7
  Report  

1 August 2012
21:15
Russia  28 – 30  Croatia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,098[10]
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
Turey 6 (15–15) Penezić 10
  Report  

3 August 2012
09:30
Angola  31 – 25  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,081[11]
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Almeida 8 (14–10) Gerbron 9
  Report  

3 August 2012
14:30
Croatia  27 – 26  Montenegro Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,541[12]
Referees: Lopez, Sabroso (ESP)
Penezić 10 (12–12) Popović 10
  Report  

3 August 2012
16:15
Russia  31 – 27  Brazil Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,741[13]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Turey 7 (15–14) Nascimento 9
  Report  

5 August 2012
11:15
Brazil  29 – 26  Angola Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,585[14]
Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
three players 5 (14–9) Kiala 6
  Report  

5 August 2012
14:30
Montenegro  25 – 25  Russia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,444[15]
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Bulatović 7 (15–16) three players 4
  Report   Red card

5 August 2012
16:15
Croatia  37 – 14  Great Britain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,792[16]
Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
three players 5 (17–6) Fairbrother 3
  Report  

Group B

Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 France 5 4 1 0 125 103 +22 9
 South Korea 5 3 1 1 136 130 +6 7
 Spain 5 3 1 1 119 114 +5 7
 Norway 5 2 1 2 118 120 −2 5
 Denmark 5 1 0 4 113 121 −8 2
 Sweden 5 0 0 5 108 131 −23 0
Qualified for the quarterfinals
28 July 2012
11:15
Spain  27 – 31  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,900[17]
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Martín 7 (12–16) Ryu Eun-hee 9
  Report  

28 July 2012
16:15
Denmark  21 – 18  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,942[18]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Skov 6 (8–10) Gulldén 5
  Report  

28 July 2012
21:15
Norway  23 – 24  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,968[19]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Alstad 5 (12–17) Baudouin, Signate 5
  Report   Red card

30 July 2012
11:15
South Korea  25 – 24  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,393[20]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
Jo Hyo-bi 5 (11–10) Larsen 7
  Report  

30 July 2012
16:15
France  18 – 18  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,671[21]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Dembele 6 (7–10) Mangué 6
  Red card Report  

30 July 2012
21:15
Sweden  21 – 24  Norway Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,459[22]
Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
Torstenson 6 (9–14) Koren, Sulland 5
  Report  

1 August 2012
09:30
Norway  27 – 27  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,178[23]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Sulland 11 (13–15) three players 6
  Report  

1 August 2012
14:30
France  29 – 17  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,638[24]
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
three players 4 (16–11) Ahlm 6
  Report  

1 August 2012
19:30
Spain  24 – 21  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,488[25]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Mangué 7 (14–9) Nørgaard 7
  Red card Report  

3 August 2012
11:15
South Korea  21 – 24  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,568[26]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Sim Hae-in 6 (12–10) Lacrabère 4
  Report  

3 August 2012
19:30
Spain  25 – 24  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,234[27]
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Mangué, Alberto 6 (11–10) Fogelström 5
  Report  

3 August 2012
21:15
Denmark  23 – 24  Norway Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,720[28]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Nørgaard 9 (11–12) Løke 6
  Report  

5 August 2012
09:30
Sweden  28 – 32  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,180[29]
Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
Flognman 8 (13–16) Ryu Eun-hee 10
  Report  

5 August 2012
19:30
Norway  20 – 25  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,345[30]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Koren 6 (11–11) Alonso 7
  Report   Red card

5 August 2012
21:15
Denmark  24 – 30  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,616[31]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
Nørgaard 10 (10–17) Nijtam 6
  Report  

Knockout stage

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
                           
  A1   Brazil 19  
B4   Norway 21  
  B4   Norway 31  
  B2   South Korea 25  
A3   Russia 23
  B2   South Korea 24  
    B4   Norway 26
  A4   Montenegro 23
  A2   Croatia 22  
B3   Spain 25  
  B3   Spain 26 Bronze medal match
  A4   Montenegro 27  
A4   Montenegro 23 B2   South Korea 29
  B1   France 22   B3   Spain (ET) 31

Quarter-finals

7 August 2012
10:00
Brazil  19 – 21  Norway Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,549[32]
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
do Nascimento 5 (13–9) Koren 5
  Report  

7 August 2012
13:30
Spain  25 – 22  Croatia Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,553[33]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Pinedo 7 (13–12) Tatari 5
  Report  

7 August 2012
17:00
Russia  23 – 24  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,299[34]
Referees: Lopéz, Sabroso (ESP)
Postnova, Levina 5 (11–14) Gwon Han-na 6
  Report  

7 August 2012
20:30
France  22 – 23  Montenegro Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,559[35]
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Signate 5 (13–13) Popović, Bulatović 6
  Report  

Semi-finals

9 August 2012
17:00
Norway  31 – 25  South Korea Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,274[36]
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Løke 8 (18–15) Gwon Han-na 7
  Report  

9 August 2012
20:30
Spain  26 – 27  Montenegro Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,087[37]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Alberto 6 (13–13) Bulatović 9
  Report  

Bronze medal match

11 August 2012
17:00
South Korea  29 – 31 (ET)  Spain Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,622[38]
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Gwon Han-na 7 (13–13) Alberto, Fernández 5
  Report  

FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 1–3

Gold medal match

11 August 2012
20:30
Norway  26 – 23  Montenegro Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,739[39]
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Sulland 10 (13–10) Bulatović 10
  Report   Red card

Rankings and statistics

Final ranking

Rank Team Points GD
1st  Norway 11 +9
2nd  Montenegro 9 +13
3rd  Spain 11 +9
4  South Korea 9 –1
5  France 9 +21
6  Brazil [40] 8 +13
7  Croatia 8 +27
8  Russia 7 +25
9  Denmark 2 –8
10  Angola 2 –10
11  Sweden 0 –23
12  Great Britain 0 –75

All-star team

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

 

Top goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø  Norway 42% 67 161
2 Cléopatre Darleux  France 41% 18 44
3 Amandine Leynaud  France 38% 61 161
4 Silvia Navarro  Spain 37% 96 258
Mayssa Pessoa  Brazil 37% 21 57
Anna Sedoykina  Russia 37% 34 92
7 Ivana Jelčić  Croatia 35% 62 177
8 Sonja Barjaktarović  Montenegro 34% 55 161
Ju Hui  South Korea 34% 99 292
10 Karin Mortensen  Denmark 33% 27 82

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Katarina Bulatović  Montenegro 53 93 57%
2 Bojana Popović  Montenegro 46 77 60%
3 Ryu Eun-hee  South Korea 43 92 47%
4 Alexandra do Nascimento  Brazil 37 55 67%
5 Marta Mangué  Spain 34 67 51%
6 Nely Carla Alberto  Spain 33 58 57%
Linn Jørum Sulland  Norway 33 66 50%
8 Jo Hyo-bi  South Korea 32 52 62%
Ann Grete Nørgaard  Denmark 32 52 62%
10 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren  Norway 31 39 79%
Andrea Penezić  Croatia 31 55 56%
Jovanka Radičević  Montenegro 31 51 61%

References

  1. "Seeding list completed". IHF. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. "Russia – Angola" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  3. "Croatia – Brazil" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
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  5. "Angola – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  6. "Great Britain – Russia" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  7. "Brazil – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  8. "Montenegro – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  9. "Great Britain – Brazil" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  10. "Russia – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  11. "Angola – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  12. "Croatia – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  13. "Russia – Brazil" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  14. "Brazil – Angola" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  15. "Montenegro – Russia" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  16. "Croatia – Great Britain" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  17. "Spain – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  18. "Denmark – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  19. "Norway – France" (PDF). IHF. 28 July 2012.
  20. "South Korea – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  21. "France – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  22. "Sweden – Norway" (PDF). IHF. 30 July 2012.
  23. "Norway – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  24. "France – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  25. "Spain – Denmark" (PDF). IHF. 1 August 2012.
  26. "South Korea – France" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  27. "Spain – Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  28. "Denmark – Norway" (PDF). IHF. 3 August 2012.
  29. "Sweden – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  30. "Norway – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  31. "Denmark – France" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2012.
  32. "Brazil – Norway" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  33. "Spain – Croatia" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  34. "Russia – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  35. "France – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 7 August 2012.
  36. "Norway – South Korea" (PDF). IHF. 9 August 2012.
  37. "Spain – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 9 August 2012.
  38. "South Korea – Spain" (PDF). IHF. 11 August 2012.
  39. "Norway – Montenegro" (PDF). IHF. 11 August 2012.
  40. Brazil finish first in Group A by beating croatia without see the Goals difference Between them

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